Mission type | Communication |
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Operator | Arabsat → INSAT |
COSPAR ID | 1992-010B |
SATCAT no. | 21894 |
Mission duration | 7 years (planned) 12¾ years (achieved) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | Spacebus 100 |
Manufacturer | Aérospatiale/MBB[1] |
Launch mass | 1,360 kilograms (3,000 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 26 February 1992, 23:58:10 | UTC
Rocket | Ariane 44L |
Launch site | Kourou ELA-2 |
Contractor | Arianespace |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Decommissioned |
Deactivated | October 2004 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Longitude | 31° East 55° East 82.5° East |
Period | 24 hours |
Transponders | |
Band | 2 E/F-band 25 G/H-Band |
INSAT-2DT, previously Arabsat-1C and also known as INSAT-2R, was a Saudi Arabian and subsequently Indian communications satellite which was operated initially by Arabsat, and then by the Indian National Satellite System.